An anonymous cryptocurrency user has sent small amounts of Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) to celebrities’ ETH wallets from sanctioned crypto mixer Tornado Cash (CRYPTO: TORN).
What Happened: On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned privacy tool Tornado Cash for its alleged role in helping launder $7 billion worth of digital assets.
A few hours after the sanctions were announced, small amounts of crypto (0.1 ETH) began appearing in the crypto wallets of celebrities and prominent personalities.
Included in the list of recipients were TV host Jimmy Fallon, former NBA player Shaquille O’Neal, Coinbase (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:COIN) CEO Brian Armstrong, and Randi Zuckerberg, sister of Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Notable individuals/companies who just received funds from a government-sanctioned entity:- Jimmy Fallon
- Shaquille O'Neal
- PUMA
- Randi Zuckerberg
- Logan Paul
- Brian Armstrong
- Steve Aoki
- Ukraine Crypto Donation
- Dave Chappelle
- Beeple
Field day for investigators. https://t.co/9HDJmppzT2
— FatMan (@FatManTerra) August 9, 2022
How it's started How it's going pic.twitter.com/qCdgueyHuq— Tomb Raider Crypto (@tombRaider_kw) August 9, 2022
The transfers were made by an anonymous crypto user, likely intended to be a prank on famous entities with Ethereum Name Service (ENS) domains.
Price Action: The price of Tornado Cash’s native token TORN was trading at $17.01 at press time, down 20% over the last 24 hours. ETH was trading at $1,686, down 4.74% over the same period, according to data from Benzinga Pro.
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